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Originally Posted by silverking  You can do anything you'd like to do with monitoring, near, mid, or anything else that works for you.
Recall that Dave Kutch mastered Alicia Keys last album on FOCAL SOLO6 BE nearfields, and did it in a make-shift mastering studio created at AK's personal studio.
As always, it's less about the gear, and more about the ears. |
Do we know if Dave Kutch simply threw the Focals in that room, or if he got a professional to come in and treat the space Alicia Keys wanted to have him work in? With that kind of budget, I wouldn't be surprised if he had someone come in an properly treat and position those speakers in that space.
Also, this doesn't mean that "any" nearfield monitor will work; a Focal monitor is not the same as a KRK, Alesis, Yamaha, Behringer, etc. Not to mention that most people with these kinds of "budget" nearfields don't even have them placed in a proper position in a room, so me personally, when someone asks that question, it tells me they're not knowledgeable enough to know the difference and think "nearfield" is some kind of standard, so my answer is "no, you shouldn't." I would suggest them listen to masters on anything that's full range, as that may sound better than their $600 "Nearfield" monitors.
I knew someone who had a nice pair of full range Kenwood speakers (that they were very familiar with too), but the guy thought that just because the cheap KRK speakers he had bought from GC were "nearfields" that they were better speakers, but that's what happens to a lot of people who believe everything they read.
Most people don't even have the tweeters on their nearfields at ear level, or pointed down towards them if the console is a little on the tall side; much less having them 2-3 times farther away from the back wall than their ears.